According to a report released today, Ludwig Dairy in Dixon, Illinois, is recalling all products – including cheese and milk – sold in Cook County and several other counties due to problems with the pasteurizing equipment.

The dairy company explained that controlled pump that is supposed to stop the production of raw milk if there are problems was bypassed and replaced with a pump that did not do the same. Therefore, raw milk may have been mixed with pasteurized milk. Raw milk and cheeses, ice cream, and other dairy products made with raw milk can be contaminated with bacteria including Brucella, Campylobacter, Listeria, Mycobacterium bovis, Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, Shigella, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Yersinia enterocolitica.

Although no illnesses have been reported, Ludwig is taking its products off store shelves in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties in Illinois as a precautionary measure. In addition, the company reports that dairy items distributed in Indiana, New Jersey and New York have also been recalled.

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Claire received her J.D. degree from Hofstra University School of Law with a concentration in Energy and the Environment in May 2010. She received her B.A., majoring in English, from Villanova University, magna cum laude. During law school, Claire served as Articles Editor…

Claire received her J.D. degree from Hofstra University School of Law with a concentration in Energy and the Environment in May 2010. She received her B.A., majoring in English, from Villanova University, magna cum laude. During law school, Claire served as Articles Editor for the Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal, was elected President of the Legal Emergency Aid Project and elected Treasurer of Hofstra Law Women. She is currently pursuing an LL.M. degree in Food and Agricultural Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law. In August 2010, Claire was selected as the recipient of the Marler Clark Graduate Assistantship, part of a new public/private partnership that will allow the University of Arkansas School of Law to partner with leaders in the food and agricultural legal communities. Although she began the LL.M. Program in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Claire is now living in Seattle in order to devote more time to her work at Marler Clark and is completing her LL.M. degree through distance learning. In addition to her academic and professional commitments, Claire blogs on Food Poison Journal and has been published in the Food and Drug Law Institute’s Update and the American Agricultural Law Association’s Update.